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plumb bob

A usually conical metal weight attached to the end of a plumb line. Also called plummet.

plumb bob

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the weight, usually of lead, at the end of a plumb line; plummet

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Noun

plumb bob - the metal bob of a plumb line

plumb, plummet

bob - a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string

plumb line, perpendicular - a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point

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plumb bob

n → Lot nt, → Senkblei nt

plumb bob n → piombino

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